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I would happily risk my chance at some paradise I wasn't even sure I believed in because I was unwilling to let it go, because I refused to repent There was nothing to repent for I wasn't going to feel the least bit sorry

He was going to die at my hands

I was going to remove his sorry ass from the surface of the planet he didn't deserve to exist on, drinking precious water, breathing the dirty air, speaking to people who had no idea of his evil

Yeah, not once shred of remorse on my part

"Lenny, stop picturingsmokes already"

That was my boss, Meryl

He hired me because, on paper, I sound like a ht be barely-there, but tits were tits, Meryl was a dude, and he was happy to have a set of thee fest of a business

I would never picture Meryl naked In fact, I very much doubted many wouy - especially given the people he was always surrounded by - but no aood nature could make up for the fact that his beer belly spilled out over his waistband and belt - and, let's be real here, his dick - his weak jaw, nonexistent chin, heinousanyone

I pulled upright, stretching outover the counter for the past who-kne long "Caught hts of you out of et this insufferable attraction over with already?" I asked, deadpan

My lips twitched when his face went beet-red euilty He probably had pictured that very scenario A countless others Face-down, ass-up over the front counter On ainst the frontto show all his buddies what he pulled

But because of the aforementioned not-so-hotness, it was clear that Meryl was not used to wo for him for two years I pulled a line like that at least once a week Every single time, he went red

"Should fire your ungrateful ass," he mumbled, as he often did "Up in here with all the charm of a feral cat"

He threatened to fire me twice as much as I fucked with him After two years, it was clear his comments were as empty as mine

Maybe he felt bad for ht that with my stellar personality and superior work ethic, that I would never find someone else to tolerate me Maybe he enjoyed my dirty insinuations since there was no way anyone else was feeding him any unless he paid them to Or, well, maybe, just possibly, he liked me It was a bit of a stretch I kneasn't overly likable I gave the custo my shifts probably more than I was present Hell, I had been known to break out some nail polish and refuse to reach in the case for smokes until my nails dried I wasn't anyone's dream employee But I never ency I was always on time I wasn't a maternity leave risk since I had drunkenly ad off the baby-maker factory for at least the next ten years